DCVMN congratulates our member company LG Chem for this success.
The $100 million Eupolio contract provides supplies of the shot for the two years from 2024 to 2025,
while LG is providing enough Eupenta for the five‐year stretch from 2023 to 2027. (Getty Images)
Korea’s LG Chem is stepping up to the plate with a deal to manufacture essential vaccines for
millions of infants and children.
The company has locked up a $200 million deal with the United Nation’s Children’s Fund
(UNICEF) to supply both its polio shot Eupolio and its pentavalent vaccine Eupenta, which
protects against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, hepatitis B and meningitis.
